Council bosses must act urgently to avoid springtime school strikes.
GMB Union has today announced the names of thirty-five Birmingham Schools that will begin a formal strike vote next week.
The ballot comes after the union accused Birmingham City Council on delay in resolving the equal pay crisis impacting city workers.
Nearly ninety per cent of Birmingham workers backed strike action in a council wide consultative ballot earlier this month, with further waves of formal strike ballots expected to be announced.
Birmingham Schools where a formal strike vote will now take place are:
Colmore junior school
Minworth J & I school
Colmore infant & nursery school
Chad vale primary school
Bordesley green east nursery school
Hodge hill girls school
Newtown nursery school
Nelson mandela school
Jakeman nursery school
Arden primary school
St. Benedicts infants
Yardley primary school
Marsh hill nursery
Forestdale primary school
Kings heath primary school
Lozells junior & infant school
James watt primary
Clifton primary school
Worlds end junior school
Cherry orchard primary school
Bordesley green primary school
Benson community school
Wheelers lane primary
Stanville primary school
Beeches junior school
St. James c e primary school handsworth
Redhill primary school
Elms farm primary school
Harborne primary school
Gunter primary school
George dixon primary school
Boldmere infants & nursery school
Yorkmead junior & infants school
Chilcote primary school
Yardley wood community primary school
Alice Reynolds, GMB Organiser, said:
“Workers in these schools didn’t create this crisis, Birmingham city bosses did.
But it’s our members facing an uncertain future and a Council leaving them in the dark on settling claims for equal pay.
“Now they’ll have their say on strike action to finally force Birmingham City Council to take seriously their demand to end this crisis.”
